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Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum is one of Central Texas’ preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Located in Waco on University Parks, the Mayborn…
Keith Glasscock, a Permian Basin oilfield worker, often spent his spare time searching the windswept sandy dunes near Midland for…
As its name would imply, the Museum of the Big Bend provides an excellent introduction to the Big Bend region.…
Tucked away deep in the landscape just beyond the western edge of Mineral Wells is a fossil hunter’s paradise. Everyone…
Vast, remote, and wild, beautiful Big Bend National Park attracts over 500,000 visitors (mostly Texans) each year. They come to…
While Georgia’s official nickname is The Peach State and they have named this succulent delicacy, featured on their state quarter,…
Picture an elegant glass of a deep red, Texas wine. Where do you picture yourself drinking that wine? Fredericksburg, perhaps,…
Texas was among the earliest of the nineteen states that have designated an official state grass. Sideoats Grama, (Bouteloua curtipendula,) a…